COURTRAI
302 Lancasters and 15 Mosquitoes of 1, 5 and 8 Groups attacked the railway yards and a 'triangle' rail junction at Courtrai. The Bomber Command report states that both targets 'were devastated'. 9 Lancasters lost.
BOTTROP
166 aircraft - 149 Halifaxes, 13 Mosquitoes, 4 Lancasters - of 4 and 8 Groups attacked the synthetic-oil refinery. The northern part of the target was badly damaged. 7 Halifaxes and 1 Lancaster lost.
HOMBERG
147 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitoes of 1, 3 and 8 Groups attacked the oil plant and caused severe damage. German documents show that the production of aviation fuel, which had stood at nearly 6,000 tons per day at the end of April, was now fluctuating between 120 and 970 tons per day, following Bomber Command and American Eighth Air Force raids. But German night fighters caught the Homberg bomber force and 20 Lancasters were lost. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron, from Mepal, lost 7 of its 25 aircraft on the raid.
V-WEAPON SITES
87 aircraft - 54 Halifaxes, 23 Lancasters, 10 Mosquitoes - of 4, 5 and 8 Groups attacked sites at Ardouval and Wizernes without loss but only 23 aircraft bombed at Ardouval and none at Wizernes.
SUPPORT AND MINOR OPERATIONS
106 aircraft from training units on a diversionary sweep over the North Sea, 6 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitoes on a 'spoof' raid to Alost, 26 Mosquitoes to Hamburg, 33 R.C.M. sorties, 42 Mosquito patrols, 8 Stirlings minelaying off Lorient, 17 aircraft on Resistance operations. 1 Mosquito lost from the Hamburg raid.
Total effort for the night: 971 sorties, 38 aircraft (3.9 percent) lost.
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ANDERBECK
52 aircraft - 45 Halifaxes, 5 Mosquitoes, 2 Lancasters - of 6 and 8 Groups attacked a flying-bomb site. No results were recorded. No aircraft were lost.
2 Mosquitoes flew Ranger patrols to Aalborg, Grove and Jagel airfields; German aircraft seen on the ground were attacked. The Mosquitoes returned safely.
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MINOR OPERATIONS
33 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 20 R.C.M. sorties, 18 Mosquito patrols, 6 Halifaxes and 6 Lancasters minelaying in the Frisians and the Kattegat. 1 Mosquito Intruder lost.
